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Linux .exe problem

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Okay here's my prob:

I did a little research and found some games that will run on Linux, but when I download anything (it dodesn't have to be a game) it will open the file in an Archive Manager and not just run the program. To be specific here is what I got when I downloaded the America's Army Client:

[/home/connor/Desktop/AA3DeployInstaller.exe]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/connor/Desktop/AA3DeployInstaller.exe or
/home/connor/Desktop/AA3DeployInstaller.exe.zip, and cannot find /home/connor/Desktop/AA3DeployInstaller.exe.ZIP, period.

Do I need 7-Zip? If I do it just happens the same as before.

In a nutshell, I CAN'T INSTALL ANYTHING!! AAGGHHHHH!!! :runaway:

EDIT: Okay I just downloaded another game and all it did when I clicked on the installation thing, it just opened the entire file for viewing. In the Archive Manager.
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Re: Linux .exe problem

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Linux doesn't run .exe files. .exe files are for Windows, and the only way you can run them in Linux is through a Windows Emulator, like Wine.
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